I mentioned this series of events a few weeks ago by the Center for Communication. They're free to attend, and the line up of presenters and panelist is quite impressive. Sign up here: http://www.cencom.org/

Voicing Your Opinion
Wednesday, April 4
6:30 to 8:00 pm

Upon first digging into Adobe Photoshop CS3, a few features have really popped out at me as incredibly useful. I would like to offer a brief overview of some of these new ways of attacking your creative challenges using the latest version of Adobe's flagship app. PsCS3 will run you about $649 to buy it outright if you do not own any previous versions. If you own Photoshop 7, CS, or CS2, you are eligible for upgrade pricing - looks like $199 for the upgrade.

I'm planning to attend these events next week. They are part of a pretty exceptional event series put together by the Center for Communication, and attendance is complementary if you sign up at www.cencom.org.

Behind the Image: Graphic Design
Wednesday, March 28
6:30 to 8:00 pm

Adobe announces plans to make its unveiling of the long awaited Creative Studio 3 easy to catch - no matter where you live. If you aren't going to be at the live event in New York City, you can choose between a live webcast, or hitting one of the live presentations at one of five Apple retail stores.

Adobe announced on its Blog this morning that "The wait is nearly over!

Yesterday was Hevan's turn to tell us what he thiks of the Photoshop CS3 beta. Today we catch up with Anararav Sareen to find out what he thinks.

Yesterday we posted Chris McCormack's reaction to the Photoshop CS3 beta - today our very own Hevan Chan took a few moments to let us know what he thought of the beta.

Name: Hevan Chan

Today will always be one of the saddest days to be a New Yorker. For me, I feel additional sadness over being part of the media industry.

I often hear people criticize the media; they talk about it disdainfully --"the media"--, as though it shares one voice, one relentless bright beaming on-air promotion.

There are hundreds of books that have been written to provide guidance and inspiration to filmmakers, but to me there are only four classics: Christine Vachon and David Edelstein's "Shooting to Kill," Robert McKee's "Story," Judith Weston's "Submitted by   July 18, 2006 - 6:45pm